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Dirk Uffelmann
uffelmann@uni-passau.de
www.uni-passau.de/uffelmann
Present Affiliation:
Born 20 October 1969 in Kassel, Hessen, Germany
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Passau, Innstr. 25, D-94032 Passau, Bavaria,
Germany
Current position:
Full Professor, Chair of Slavic Literatures and Cultures, Vice President for Academic
and Student Affairs
Education:
2005 Postdoctoral lecture qualification (Habilitation) at the University of
Bremen
1999 PhD degree at the University of Constance; overall grade: summa
cum laude
1997 Master of Arts in Slavic Studies (Literature as a major; Literature
with a focus on West Slavic literature as 1 st minor) and German
Literature (2 nd minor) at the University of Constance. Final grade:
very good
1994–1995 Stipend from the German Academic Exchange Service [DAAD]
1991–1999 Stipend from the German National Academic Foundation
[Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes]
1990–1997 Studies of Russian, Polish, Czech and German literature at the
Universities of Tübingen, Vienna, Warsaw and Constance
1988 General qualification for university entrance (special prize of the
Minister for Education for the best A-Level (Abitur) in the Federal
Land of Baden-Württemberg)
1979–1988 Secondary School education at the Gymnasium Neckargemünd
Professional Experience:
2012 Visiting Fellow, CRASSH, University of Cambridge
2011–present Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs, University of
Passau
2011 Visiting Professor, Western Michigan University
2009–present Full Professor and Chair of Slavic Literatures and Cultures, University
of Passau
2008–2009 Offers of Chairs in Slavic Literatures at the Universities of Bochum
and Potsdam, Germany; offers declined
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2007 and 2009 Visiting Professor, University of Bergen
2006–12 Liaison Professor of the German National Academic Foundation
[Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes]
2006–2009 Associate Professor for “East-Central European Studies” at the
University of Passau
2006 Lecturer in Russian, University of Edinburgh
2005–2006 Visiting Professor for “East-Central European Studies” at the
University of Passau
2002–2005 Assistant Professor at the faculty “Cultural History of Eastern and
Central Europe” of the University of Bremen
1999–2002 Assistant Professor at the Chair for Religious Studies (Orthodox
Christianity) of the University of Erfurt
1999–2000 Member of the Planning Commission [Gründungssenat] of the
University of Erfurt
1997–1999 Research Assistant at the faculty “Cultural History of Eastern and
Central Europe” of the University of Bremen
Languages:
German (native), Russian (near native), English, Polish
working knowledge: Czech, Slovak, French, Modern Greek
reading knowledge: Ancient Greek, Latin, Church Slavonic
Funding ID:
2013 – Spring School for PhD students and postdocs “Digital Mnemonics in Slavic
Studies” by the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford and Passau (funded by
Volkswagen Foundation)
2012–15 – Active partner of the international research project “Romantyzm środkowoeuropejski
w perspektywie postkolonialnej” [East Central European Romanticism
in a Postcolonial Perspective], coordination: University of Warsaw
2012–13 – Research project “Der erzwungene Bevölkerungstransfer der Jahre
1944–51 in der deutschen und polnischen Literatur – Fremd- und Kolonisierungswahrnehmungen”,
Teilprojekt 2A („Danzig und Pomerellen“) [The Forced Population
Transfer of 1944–1951 in German and Polish Literature – Subproject 2A
(Gdansk and Pomerelia)] (funded by the Commissioner of the German Government
for Culture and Media [BKM]), University of Passau
2012 – International conference “Vladimir Sorokin’s Languages: Mediality, Interculturality,
Translation” (funded by Carlsberg Foundation and Vandkunsten Publishing)
2012 – International conference “Postcolonial Approaches to Postsocialist Experiences”
(funded by Humanities in the European Research Area), University of Cambridge
and University of Passau
2012–16 – Co-Founder of the Doctoral Training Program [Graduiertenkolleg] 1681
“Privatheit” [Privacy] at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and the Faculty of Law,
University of Passau (funded by German Research Foundation [DFG])
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2011–14 – Active Partner of the international research project “Literatur als
Bestandteil der Systeme des menschlichen Wissens” [Literature as Part of the Systems
of Human Knowledge] (funded by the Czech Academy of Sciences)
2011 – International conference “The Russian Internet in a Global Context” (funded
by Norwegian Research Council)
2010–12 – Research project “Der erzwungene Bevölkerungstransfer der Jahre
1944–51 in der deutschen und polnischen Literatur – Fremd- und Kolonisierungswahrnehmungen”,
Teilprojekt 1B (Oberschlesien) [The Forced Population Transfer
of 1944–1951 in German and Polish Literature – Subproject 1B (Upper Silesia)]
(funded by the Commissioner of the German Government for Culture and Media
[BKM]), University of Passau
2010 – German-Kazakh-Kyrgyz-Tajik-Uzbek summer school in Bishkek and Cholpon-
Ata, Kyrgyzstan (funded by the German Academic Exchange Service), University of
Passau
2010 – Study internship for students from Ivanovo State University in Bavaria (funded
by German Academic Exchange Service [DAAD]), University of Passau
2009 – International conference “Contemporary Polish Migrant Culture in Germany,
Ireland, and the UK”, Universität Passau (funded by the Consul General of the Republic
of Poland in Munich; ICUnet.AG; Osteuropainstitut Regensburg-Passau e.V.)
2009–10 – Research project “Der erzwungene Bevölkerungstransfer der Jahre
1944–51 in der deutschen und polnischen Literatur – Fremd- und Kolonisierungswahrnehmungen”,
Teilprojekt 1A (Niederschlesien) [The Forced Population
Transfer of 1944–1951 in German and Polish Literature – Subproject 1A (Lower Silesia)]
(funded by the Commissioner of the German Government for Culture and Media
[BKM])
2008–12 – Active partner of the international research project “The Future of Russian:
Language Culture in the New Technology Era”, coordinated by University of
Bergen (funded by Norwegian Research Council)
2008 – International conference “The Landslide of the Norm IV” (funded by Norwegian
Research Council), University of Passau and University of Bergen
2005–08 – Active Partner of the international research project “Landslide of the
Norm: Linguistic Liberalisation in Russia in the 1920s and 1990s”, coordinated by
University Bergen (funded by Norwegian Research Council)
2004 – International conference “Religion and Rhetoric – Developments and Paradoxes
of their Symbiotic Interconnection” (funded by German Research Foundation
[DFG]), University of Erfurt
1998 – International conference “Russkaia filosofiia v (post)sovetskikh usloviiakh”
[Russian Philosophy in (Post-)Soviet Conditions], (funded by German Research
Foundation [DFG]), University of Bremen
1996 – Translation project anthology “Nemetskoe filosofskoe literaturovedenie
nashikh dnei” [Contemporary German Philosophical Literary Criticism] (funded by
Volkswagen Foundation)
Memberships of editorial boards:
Slavica Bergensia, Bergen; Transcultural Studies: A Series in Interdisciplinary Research,
Idyllwild, CA; Zeitschrift für Slavische Philologie, Heidelberg; Germanoslavi-
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ca. Časopis pro germánsko-slovanské studie, Prague; Postcolonial Perspectives on
Eastern Europe, Frankfurt/M.; Polonistik im Kontext, Munster; Passauer Schriften zur
interdisziplinären Medienforschung, Berlin
Peer reviewing:
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung; Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung
(„Metropolen in Osteuropa“); Bergens forskningsstiftelse (Bergen Research Foundation),
Bergen; Catholic University Leuven; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft; Digital
Icons: Studies in Russian, Eurasian and Central European New Media, Leeds; European
University Institute, Florence; Germanoslavica: Časopis pro germánskoslovanské
studie, Prague; Humboldt University, Berlin; Jihočeská univerzita, České
Budějovice; Oxford University, UK; Perspectives on Slavistics; Russian Journal of
Communication, Washington, D.C.; Schweizerischer Nationalfonds; Social Sciences
and Humanities Research Council of Canada; Technical University of Chemnitz; The
Russian Review, Lawrence (KS); University of Cambridge, UK; University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia (PA); University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (PA); University of
Salzburg; Uzbek Academy of Sciences, Tashkent; Von der digitalen zur interkulturellen
Revolution
Organisation of international conferences and summer schools:
2013 spring school Digital Mnemonics in Slavonic Studies, University
of Passau / University of Cambridge / University of Oxford
2012 conference Vladimir Sorokin and Language(s): Mediality, Interculturality,
Translation, Aarhus University / University of Passau
2012 conference Postcolonial Approaches to Postsocialist Experiences,
University of Cambridge / University of Passau.
2011 conference The Russian Internet in a Global Context, University
of Passau / University of Bergen
2010 DAAD Summer School in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan
2010 conference Vnutrenniaia kolonizatsiia Rossii [Russia’s Internal
Colonisation], University of Passau / University of Cambridge
2009 conference Contemporary Polish Migrant Culture in Germany,
Ireland, and the UK, University of Passau
2008 conference Landslide of the Norm IV: The Sociology of Language
and Literature, University of Passau / University of Bergen
2004 conference Religion and Rhetoric – Paradoxes and Developments
of their Symbiotic Interconnection, University of Erfurt
1998 conference Russkaia filosofiia v (post)sovetskikh usloviiakh
[Russian Philosophy under (Post-)Communist Conditions], University
of Bremen
Organisation of convention panels:
Deutscher Slavistentag Potsdam 2001, Deutscher Slavistentag Tubingen 2009, IC-
CEES, Stockholm 2010, ASEEES Los Angeles 2010, ASEEES Washington 2011,
Deutscher Slavistentag Dresden 2012, ASEEES New Orleans 2012
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Conference Papers:
University of Warsaw (1997, 2002, 2003, 2010), University of Fribourg (1998), University
of Constance (1998, 2005), University of Bremen (1998, 1999, 2006), Free
University, Berlin (1999, 2005, 2010), Humboldt University, Berlin (1999), Economic
University of Vienna (1999), University of Leipzig (2000), University of Trier (2001,
2008), Leeds University (2001), University of Bamberg (2001, 2003), University of
Potsdam (2001, 2003, 2010), Centre for Literary Studies, Berlin (2002), Russian
State University of the Humanities, Moscow (2002), University of Erfurt (2004, 2007),
University of Oldenburg (2004), University of Bergen (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012),
University of Zurich (2005), University of Munich (2005, 2013), University of Passau
(2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011), University of Regensburg (2007), University of
Cambridge (2008, 2011, 2012), AAASS National Convention Philadelphia (2008),
German Institute of Polish Studies, Darmstadt (2009), University of Tubingen (2009,
2010), University of Freiburg (2009, 2011), AAASS National Convention Boston
(2009), Hanyang University, Seoul (2010), ICCEES Stockholm (2010), DAAD Summer
University, Cholpon Ata, Kyrgyzstan (2010), ASEEES National Convention Los
Angeles (2010), Academy for Civic Education Tutzing (2010), University College
London (2011), ASEEES National Convention Washington, DC (2011), University of
Bonn (2011), KomPost Berlin (2011), Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
(2012), Aarhus University (2012), Technical University of Dresden (2012), University
of Erlangen-Nuremberg (2012), ASEEES National Convention New Orleans
(2012), St Petersburg State University (2012), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
(2013), University of Birmingham (2013), University of Wrocław (2013), Herzog
August Library Wolfenbüttel (2013)
Guest Lectures:
University of Leiden (1998, 2001), Humboldt-University, Berlin (1999, 2009, 2011),
Centre for European Enlightenment, Potsdam (2000), University of Bielefeld (2000),
University of Applied Sciences Zittau-Gorlitz (2001) University of Oldenburg (2003,
2004), Free University, Berlin (2003), Technical University of Dresden (2004), University
of Vienna (2004), University of Bremen (2005, 2007), University of Edinburgh
(2005, 2012), University of Graz (2005), Viadrina University, Frankfurt/Oder (2005,
2011), University of Passau (2006, 2007, 2010, 2011), University of St. Gallen (2006,
2009), University of Fribourg (2007), University of Bergen (2007, 2009), University of
Potsdam (2007), University of Jena (2007), Ukrainian Catholic University, L’viv
(2008), Ruhr University, Bochum (2008), Summer School of the German National
Academic Foundation, Gorlitz (2008), University of Tubingen (2009), University of
Munich (2009, 2013), University of Cambridge (2010, 2012), University of Erfurt
(2011), University of Innsbruck (2011), South Bohemian University, České
Budějovice (2011, 2012), Aarhus University (2011), University of Giessen (2011),
University of Wisconsin, Madison (2011), University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
(2011), Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo (2011), University of Manchester
(2011), Harvard University (2012), University of Florida, Gainesville (2012), University
of Munich (2013), Nordost-Institut Lüneburg (2013), University of Regensburg (2013)
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Publications:
2 single-authored books (465 + 1,046 pp.), 9 edited volumes, 92 academic articles in
English, German, Polish and Russian, covering topics of British, Czech, German,
Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Polish, Russian, Slovak and Ukrainian Studies; 42 book reviews; 15
newspaper articles; translations from Russian, Polish and English into German (5
books, 98 articles)
Selected Articles in English:
2013. Theory as Memory Practice: The Divided Discourse on Poland’s Postcoloniality,
in Memory and Theory in Eastern Europe. Ed. Alexander Etkind, Uilleam Blacker
and Julie Fedor Basingstoke – New York: Palgrave Macmillan (forthcoming).
2013. Is there a Russian Cyber Empire?, in Digital Russia. Ed. Michael Gorham,
Ingunn Lunde and Martin Paulsen. London: Routledge (forthcoming).
2013. Boers and Poles: Sienkiewicz between Metonymic Manichaeism and Metaphoric
Auto-Africanisation, in Another Africa? (Post-)Koloniale Afrika-Imaginationen in
der russischen, polnischen und deutschen Kultur. Ed. Gesine Drews-Sylla, Justyna
Gołąbek and Jana Domdey. Heidelberg: C. Winter (forthcoming).
2013. Wrong Sex and the City: Polish Work Migration and Subaltern Masculinity, in
Polish Literature and Transition 1989–2011. Ed. Ursula Phillips. Munster: LIT-Verlag
(forthcoming).
2013. The Chinese Future of Russian Literature: ‘Bad Writing’ in Sorokin’s Oeuvre, in
Vladimir Sorokin’s Languages: Discourse, Speech, Scripture. Ed. Tine Roesen and
Dirk Uffelmann (=Slavica Bergensia 11). Bergen, 169–192.
2013. (with Tine Roesen) Vladimir Sorokin’s Languages: An Introduction, in Vladimir
Sorokin’s Languages: Discourse, Speech, Scripture. Ed. Tine Roesen and Dirk Uffelmann
(=Slavica Bergensia 11). Bergen, 7–23.
2012. Indian Mimicry at the German Circus: Sienkiewicz’ Sachem as a Document of
Polish Colonial Literature. Transl. Karsten Fitz and Sarah Bernhard, in Visual Representations
of Native Americans: Transnational Contexts and Perspectives. Ed.
Karsten Fitz (=American Studies: A Monograph Series 218). Heidelberg: C. Winter,
pp. 255–279.
2011. Post-Russian Eurasia and the Proto-Eurasian Usage of the Runet in Kazakhstan:
A Plea for a Cyberlinguistic Turn in Area Studies. Journal of Eurasian Studies
2,2 (2011), pp. 172–183.
2011. (with Joanna Rostek) Introduction, in Contemporary Polish Migrant Culture and
Literature in Germany, Ireland, and the UK. Ed. Joanna Rostek and Dirk Uffelmann.
Frankfurt/M.: Peter Lang, pp. 7–26.
2011. ‘Self-Orientalisation’ in Narratives by Polish Migrants to Germany (by contrast
to Ireland and the UK), in Contemporary Polish Migrant Culture and Literature in
Germany, Ireland, and the UK. Ed. Joanna Rostek and Dirk Uffelmann. Frankfurt/M.:
Peter Lang, pp. 103–132.
2010. (with Joanna Rostek) Can the Polish Migrant Speak? The Representation of
‘Subaltern’ Polish Migrants in Film, Literature and Music from Britain and Poland, in
Facing the East in the West: Images of Eastern Europe in British Literature, Film and
Culture. Ed. Barbara Korte, Eva Ulrike Pirker and Sissy Helff (= Internationale For-
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schungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft 138). Amsterdam:
Rodopi, pp. 311–334.
2009. The Compliance with and Imposition of Social and Linguistic Norms in Sorokin’s
Norma and Den’ oprichnika, in From Poets to Padonki: Linguistic Authority
and Norm Negotiation in Modern Russian Culture. Ed. Ingunn Lunde and Martin
Paulsen (=Slavica Bergensia 9). Bergen, pp. 143–167.
2006. Led tronulsia [The Ice Has Started to Break]: The Overlapping Periods in Vladimir
Sorokin’s Work from the Materialization of Metaphors to Fantastic Substantialism,
in Landslide of the Norm: Language Culture in Post-Soviet Russia. Ed. Ingunn
Lunde and Tine Roesen (=Slavica Bergensia 6). Bergen, pp. 100–125.
2003. (with Vasilios N. Makrides) Studying Eastern Orthodox Anti-Westernism: The
Need for a Comparative Research Agenda, in Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary
Europe: Selected Papers of the International Conference Held at the University
of Leeds, England, in June 2001. Ed. Jonathan Sutton and Wil van den Bercken
(=Eastern Christian Studies 3). Leuven et al.: Peeters, pp. 87–120.
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